KaramelDiva1978
Well-Known Member
I know there we have a lengthy support thread on BKT's, but I'm a little anxious while I'm skimming and looking for some answers. After reading the first few pages of the BKT thread last week, I was "sold" that I wanted to get this treatment in January and rock it until early Spring. I had a good convo with a girlfriend who is growing out a relaxer and just had one done in New Orleans a month or so ago and is still loving the results.
I had been going to a very reputable stylist here in town until I cut off my relaxed hair in May and only maintain and style it myself. However, my daughter still goes and I trust them implicitly because they use quality products and will tell you how to care for and maintain healthy hair. On Tuesday afternoon I sent my stylist a text asking for the BKT at his salon, he texted later to come by and he would tell me more about it.
Long story short, he was approached with introducing it to the salon about two years and was leary of it, so he opted not to try it. Recently, there has been an overwhelming request and he and some of the other stylists started to look into offering the service and product. Of course, number one was the formaldehyde and aldehyde formulas which they do not feel are healthy options to expose women to regarding of the strength levels and other non-"hyde" formulas contain a "cousin" that will do the same straightening with higher chemical levels.
This is what prompted my research though, he said that the keratin treatment coats the hair and does not allow anything else to penetrate, hence the reason that the hair does not take in humidity and revert. So since the keratin bonds with the hair, no deep conditioning or other products can penetrate the hair and keep it from being dry and brittle and highly prone to breakage and damage.
Ladies, have you all found any research that supports this? I have found a few websites that talk about the unhealthiness of the product and an article that Allure magazine published, but I want to know what the results of the use of others has been. It seems a lot of you have tried it out and if there is some type of brand or formula that is au naturale and healthy, I want to try and request it. The main focus of LHCF is healthy, thriving hair, so I trust and have seen that when we believe in a process, we will usually find a product that makes it work.
Sorry so long, but looking for help.
TIA
I had been going to a very reputable stylist here in town until I cut off my relaxed hair in May and only maintain and style it myself. However, my daughter still goes and I trust them implicitly because they use quality products and will tell you how to care for and maintain healthy hair. On Tuesday afternoon I sent my stylist a text asking for the BKT at his salon, he texted later to come by and he would tell me more about it.
Long story short, he was approached with introducing it to the salon about two years and was leary of it, so he opted not to try it. Recently, there has been an overwhelming request and he and some of the other stylists started to look into offering the service and product. Of course, number one was the formaldehyde and aldehyde formulas which they do not feel are healthy options to expose women to regarding of the strength levels and other non-"hyde" formulas contain a "cousin" that will do the same straightening with higher chemical levels.
This is what prompted my research though, he said that the keratin treatment coats the hair and does not allow anything else to penetrate, hence the reason that the hair does not take in humidity and revert. So since the keratin bonds with the hair, no deep conditioning or other products can penetrate the hair and keep it from being dry and brittle and highly prone to breakage and damage.
Ladies, have you all found any research that supports this? I have found a few websites that talk about the unhealthiness of the product and an article that Allure magazine published, but I want to know what the results of the use of others has been. It seems a lot of you have tried it out and if there is some type of brand or formula that is au naturale and healthy, I want to try and request it. The main focus of LHCF is healthy, thriving hair, so I trust and have seen that when we believe in a process, we will usually find a product that makes it work.
Sorry so long, but looking for help.
TIA